The Bingley part of the walk starts at Bingley town centre. Good rail and bus links and ample parking available. There is an excellent leaflet produced by Bradford Council which can be downloaded from http://www.../AireValleyWoodland.pdf The walk on the leaflet suggests a slightly longer route than the one suggested here.
There are lots of amenities in Bingley, including toilets next to the Library and swimming baths, the cafe in Myrtle Park sells good value lunches and yummy cakes. The town has cafes and pubs serving good value food.
NOTE: There are 3 caches in Myrtle park that could be tackled by families with pushchairs, perhaps not by a single parent and baby - Myrtle Mystery, Mini Myrtle and Myrtle Steps. You should be able to continue along the riverside to the canal and walk along the canal as it has now been surfaced as part of the Sustrans cycle path from Leeds to Skipton. BUT the return route along the riverside is not suitable for pushchairs. You could continue along the canal (or riverside) to Saltaire and catch the train back to Bingley which is one stop OR take the footbridge not far after the railway station back to Bingley town centre. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU TRY ANY OF THESE SUGGESTIONS AND HOW WELL THEY WORKED AS IT IS A WHILE SINCE OUR KIDS WERE TODDLERS
There are a lot of caches mentioned in the route below - you probably need to work out how much time you have and decide which ones to do....
Follow the river path to the road and turn right towards the traffic lights. Cross the main road at the traffic lights and turn left to walk over the footbridge. At this point the river, main road through Bingley, the railway, new A650 trunk road and canal are within 100 metres of each other. After
( NOTE it is at this point that my suggested route heads back towards Bingley. If you have enough time you may wish to continue to follow the leaflet and proceed along the canal to the start of the aquaduct where you turn left onto the River path.)
Go back over the packhorse bridge, down the track and across the aqueduct on the other side of the canal, where you may want to try for..
Continue walking along the riverside until you come to the old stone bridge where the main road crosses. Cross the road and continue down Beckfoot Lane across the ford (don't worry there is a bridge) and back to the park via the footpath at the side of the allotments towards the Mini-Myrtle cache
I went to primary school in Swaffham Bulbeck until 1991 (when the post closed, oooh errr), and never knew this existed. Brought my father up here, and couldn't understand the logs mentioning the views until we actually got up here. 25+ years of experience of the area and we still found a view that surprised us!
Walks 
